Editing Z shell (section)

== Features ==
[[File:Zsh 5.9 new user screenshot.webp|thumb|Z shell's configuration utility for new users]]
[[File:Zsh-agnoster.png|thumb|Zsh with Agnoster theme running on [[Konsole]] terminal emulator]]

Features include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zsh.sourceforge.net/FAQ/zshfaq01.html|title=Z-Shell Frequently-Asked Questions|website=zsh.sourceforge.net|access-date=2020-03-04|archive-date=2021-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302213122/http://zsh.sourceforge.net/FAQ/zshfaq01.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

* Programmable [[command-line completion]] that can help the user type both options and arguments for most used commands, with out-of-the-box support for several hundred commands
* Sharing of [[command history]] among all running shells
* Extended [[glob (programming)|file globbing]] allows file specification without needing to run an external program such as [[Find (Unix)|find]]
* Improved [[variable (computer science)|variable]]/[[Array data structure|array]] handling (non-[[zero-based numbering]])
* Editing of multi-line commands in a single buffer
* [[spell checker|Spelling correction]] and [[autofill]] of command names (and optionally arguments, assumed to be file names)
* Various compatibility modes, e.g. Zsh can pretend to be a [[Bourne shell]] when run as <code>/bin/sh</code>
* Themeable [[Command-line interface#Command prompt|prompts]], including the ability to put prompt information on the right side of the screen and have it auto-hide when typing a long command
* Loadable modules, providing among other things: full [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]] and [[Unix domain socket]] controls, an [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]] client, and extended math functions.
* The built-in <code>where</code> command. Works like the <code>which</code> command but shows all locations of the target command in the directories specified in <code>$PATH</code> rather than only the one that will be used.
* Named directories. This allows the user to set up shortcuts such as <code>~mydir</code>, which then behave the way <code>~</code> and <code>~user</code> do.
* Widgets. Both built and implemented by ordinary functions widgets can be bound to hotkeys.
* Function autoloading. A performance optimization for function that might be pre-loaded and run on demand.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Unix power tools |date=2003 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=978-0-596-00330-2 |edition=3 |location=Sebastopol (Calif.)}}</ref> The intent of loading functions as separate file is also to support function features across different zsh versions.